Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Reid and his team for attending the committee this morning. I acknowledge the work being done by all of our front-line workers in hospital settings, vaccination centres and GP surgeries.

I have a number of questions. The first two will hopefully only require short replies, so I might start with them. Have all GPs nationwide received at least their first batch of vaccines that were issued up to last week? Second, last week at the meeting of the committee, I raised with the Minister for Health the case of patients in hospital settings who have not received the first dose of the vaccine, as the policy of the HSE was that vaccinations should take place in the community only. Can Mr. Reid confirm that this policy has now changed and that hospital patients over the age of 70 will now receive the first dose in hospital?